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Category: Digital Development
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Job Type: Renewable Contract
Job Summary:
What You’ll Do for Us
You will be in charge of a few key core responsibilities from the job portfolio as an extended term consultant. You will be involved in the planning, execution, and oversight of World Bank Group-financed investment and policy reform initiatives relevant to digital development in client countries.
Responsibilities:
- Contributing to advising clients on strategies, best practices and design of programs to develop the foundations of their digital economies.
- Providing technical expertise and advice on a range of ICT policy and regulatory issues to promote competition, investment and innovation in the telecoms sector and broadband value chain.
- Providing technical expertise and advice on policy, institutional reform, project development and execution to support the digitization of public administration and public services delivery in client countries.
- Liaising and providing guidance to colleagues working in other sectors (including agriculture, health, education, energy, financial services, transport, climate change, disaster management, etc.).
- Developing innovative and practical approaches to solving difficult policy and operational issues for selected high priority telecommunications, ICT or digital economy related activities.
- Contributing to policy dialogue with senior officials of client countries, regional institutions, private sector/industry, and development partner agencies.
Requirements:
Qualification
- Possess a master’s degree in telecommunications, engineering, computer science, law, economics, public policy or related field with a minimum of 5 years of experience in ICT / Digital Economy policy.
- Excellent conceptual and analytical skills, including ability to think strategically and innovatively about the role of digital technologies for socio-economic development.
- Strong technical and operational skills as evidenced in a proven track record in supporting the delivery of project operations and project implementation.
Additional Qualification
- Comprehensive knowledge of digital technologies, the digital transformation of society, and trends in digitally enabled business models.
- Strong customer interaction abilities, assuming ownership and accountability for prompt responses to client inquiries.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Excellent presentation skills, including the ability to effectively communicate facts, technical information, or complex ideas to non-specialists.
- Strong drive for results, taking personal ownership and accountability to meet deadlines and achieve agreed-upon results.
- Strong business judgment and analytical decision-making, examining data and facts to support rational and sensible business decisions.
- Proven ability to function effectively as a team member of multi-disciplinary teams and resolve conflicts constructively.
- Prior work experience in Africa.
- Good knowledge of sector issues in the region.
- Willingness and ability to travel.
Additional Information
The preferred candidate will be given a one-year appointment that the World Bank Group may decide to extend for an additional year, up to a lifetime maximum ET Appointment of two years.
Method of Application:
Interested and qualified applicants should click on Apply Now to start and complete your application